Models and Programs of Intervention in Contexts of Protection of Children and Young People

Code:

MTP22

Acronym:

MPICPCJ

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Psychology Themes

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTP	9	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	6	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To frame the different levels of action for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child in the bio-ecológico and systemic model of Bronfenbrenner; 2. To sistematyze the forms of intervention for ordinary citizens, available internationally, through volunteering or work in organizations that work in the field under study; 3. To know specialized intervention programs with children, youth, and families in the area of protection; 4. To contact with professionals in the area of child protection in Portugal; 5. To develop an intervention project focused on sensitizing families to the theme of child protection; 6. To provide a direct experience of intervention with children and their families; 7. To reflect on intervention models, their strengths and weaknesses in the field of protection of children and young people.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Basic skills for exploring intervention resources in the field of protection of children and young people; 2. Ability to question and identify tools for assessing the quality of existing resources; 3. Classify intervention levels; 4. Identify the various areas of action in the field of protection; 5. In-depth contact with some intervention programs and professionals in the field of child and youth protection; 6. Direct contact with families at risk and with strategies to promoting intervention with them. 7. Sensitivity to the complexity of the intervention in these areas and ability to reflect critically on existing interventions in the field.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The Convention on the Rights of Children and the historical evolution of the accession of the countries of the world to this proposal. 2. Framing in the Bronfenbrenner bio-ecological system of the various levels of action for the protection of children and young people; 3. Identification of national and international organizations focused on the protection and promotion of children's rights and support for their compliance; 4. Identification of quality analysis systems of these organizations; 5. Building a portfolium on the activity of a group of these associations, providing a grid of analysis on them; 6. Trafficking in children and the experience of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality - North; 7. Presentation of the national situation regarding refugees and child trafficking, and the experience of the shelter for refugee children in Portugal - CPR; 8. Preparation of a shelter for refugee children, training model; 9. Interventions with families at risk; Intervention Program in Linkage (VIPP) in mother-infant dyads; 10. Intervention with youngsters who are serving their time in the Educational Center, the experience of the Santo António Educational Center (Porto), in the context of promotion and protection of young people in the context of promotion and protectionCarlos Chimpén López, University of Extremadura, , of the General Directorate of Reinsertion and Prison Services; 12. Post-adoption intervention model, developed by Margarida R. Henriques; 13. Real cases for illustration of interventions focused on children / youth; 14. Developing an awareness-raising experience for families and children in the field of children's rights.

Mandatory literature

Costa, Maria Conceição O., & Bigras, Marc; Mecanismos pessoais e coletivos de proteção e promoção da qualidade de vida para a infância e adolescência, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 12(5):1101-1109, 2007
Fraser, M.W., Richman, J.M., & Galinsky, M.J. ; Risk, protection, and resilience: Toward a conceptual framework for social work practice, Social Work Research; Sep 1999; 23, 3; Social Science Module pg. 131-143.
Moysés, S. J., Moysés, S. T., & Krempel, M. C.; Avaliando o processo de construção de políticas públicas de promoção de saúde: a experiência de Curitiba. , Avaliando o processo de construção de políticas públicas de promoção de saúde: a experiência de Curitiba. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 9, 627-641, 2004
Murta, S. G. ; Programas de prevenção a problemas emocionais e comportamentais em crianças e adolescentes: lições de três décadas de pesquisa. , Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 20(1), 1-8.
Sapienza, G., & Pedromônico, M. R. M. ; Risco, proteção e resiliência no desenvolvimento da criança e do adolescente. , Psicologia em estudo., 2005

Complementary Bibliography

Costa, C. R., & Gonçalves de Assis, S. ; Fatores protetivos a adolescentes em conflito com a lei no contexto socioeducativo., Psicologia & Sociedade, 18(3)., 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching / learning methods focus on the joint exploration of information, the identification of key issues and themes in the area under study, giving students an active role in defining the subjects to be studied and the fieldwork to be developed. Specifically, they will be used as strategies:
- Group work;
- Brainstorming and synthesis schemes of ideas produced;
- Presentations by professionals specialized in the different areas of intervention in contexts of protection of children and young people;
- Debate on the themes, identifying for thematic exposition, doubts, reflections about what was presented and key ideas on the subject.
- Experiential exercises.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Trabalho de campo	35,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	20,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	8,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency participation involves 75% of classes and practical exercises during the same, as well as the accomplishment of the four activities integrated in the evaluation:
- Participation in classes, through questions and reflexive debate, with a weighting of 15%;
- Written work that will consist of the construction of information sheet on organizations for the protection of the rights of children and young people, with a weighting of 20%;
- Practical work, related to the written proposal proposal of a workshop for the parents and children of families at risk on the rights of the child, to re-group and to have a weighting of 30%.
- Fieldwork that will focus on holding an intervention session with children and families, will have a weighting of 35%;
- Fieldwork that will focus on a 3-hour intervention with children and families, will be weighted at 35%.

Calculation formula of final grade

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Classification improvement

Does not apply